Taking Action to Preserve Native Pollinators Bees, beetles, flies, birds, wasps, butterflies, moths, bats, and other animals are the key actors in supplying food and providing ecosystem services. Without healthy pollinator populations, our efforts to feed humanity and restore natural…
How mosquitoes zero in on hot bodies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33549777
The plant that can kill and cure http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33506081
Why Meadows are Worth Saving [reposted from BBC] It may sound obvious but 100 years ago Britain’s countryside was a very different place. Back then it would have been awash with colorful flower-rich meadows and grasslands that were an intrinsic…
Why insects are marvels of engineering http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33334091
The two pictures below are just one step away from winning the 2015 Perfect American Landscape award. No weeds, nothing to mow, green all year, no bugs, no leaves to rake, nothing to trim, and lasts many years. The first is…
So roses, along with the tomato, grape, and New England aster, have been abused beyond recognition by breeders in seaech of the perfect plastic plant. In the case of the rose, it has apparently lost much if its scent. We…
ArcheWild Partners with Green Lane Park and Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Program for Meadow Improvement Project ArcheWild has partnered with Green Lane Park, in Montgomery County, and the Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Program to improve a native meadow by adding local genotype species…
Vast replica recreates ancient cave http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32403867 Posted from the field by Mark